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doc Posts: 728 |
posted 09-12-2005 04:14 PM
  
I just purchased a fiddle handled serving spoon with the mark W.W. Cary in a rectangular punch and cannot find reference to the maker in any of my resource books. Photo not handy at the moment, but I could get one later this week. Just curious if anyone has any knowledge of the maker. IP: Logged |
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ahwt Posts: 2334 |
posted 09-12-2005 09:58 PM
Norman Mack in his book on Missouri silver notes that a William W. Cary had a jewelry store in Alton, Illinois by 1836. He sold his business to his nephew Joseph W. Cary in 1870 and Joseph had a shop in St. Louis, Missouri. William W. Cary was born in Middle Haddam, Connecticut and his shop was opposite the Franklin House, Alton. Alton is a small town on the Mississippi River just above where the Missouri river joins the Mississippi River. St. Louis and St. Charles are just to the south of Alton. IP: Logged |
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doc Posts: 728 |
posted 09-13-2005 08:24 AM
Thank you. I don't have much call for Missouri silver books here in New England, so I appreciate the help! IP: Logged |
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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 |
posted 09-13-2005 07:56 PM
I would appreciate a picture of the mark for my silversmiths project, if you can get one at good resolution. IP: Logged |
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doc Posts: 728 |
posted 09-14-2005 09:04 AM
I'd be happy to. I'll email you one this weekend. IP: Logged |
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ahwt Posts: 2334 |
posted 09-14-2005 10:55 AM
 Here is one mark that William Cary used. Norman Mack states that no marks for his son have been found. Before Mack's book was published the only reference I had to W.W.Cary was on a one page copy of a listing entitled Coin silver Missouri makers. Cary was located in Lexington, Missouri in 1843 on this listing. This list was given to me by a dealer from Kansas City and I do not know who compiled it and the basis for putting Cary in Lexington is not known to me. Mack cites an Alton directory of 1866-69 for Cary's location in Alton. IP: Logged |
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doc Posts: 728 |
posted 09-14-2005 01:51 PM
My mark is identical to the one shown. wev, is this mark clear enough for you, or do you need another? IP: Logged |
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bascall Posts: 1629 |
posted 06-26-2008 03:37 AM
Hopefully nobody minds; but just for the sake of detail, here is a May 23, 1853 notice from the Daily Alton Telegraph: Removal.- W. W. Cary has removed his Watch and Jewelry establishment to State Street nearly opposite the Franklin House. In the 1880 U S Federal Census for Sacremento, California, there is a W W Cary who was born in Connecticut in about 1820 and is listed as a jeweler. IP: Logged |
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bascall Posts: 1629 |
posted 06-27-2008 04:06 AM
An additional bit of information about W W Cary. One source sites a Cary, Hawley & Co in business in Alton, Illinois until 1869. The 1870 U. S. Federal Census for Alton, Illinois lists both gentleman, William W Cary who was by then listed as a retired jeweler and George Hawley who was a jewerly merchant. IP: Logged |
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argentum1 Posts: 602 |
posted 06-27-2008 02:10 PM
Welcome to the world of 'how many people had that name at any given time'. IP: Logged |
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bascall Posts: 1629 |
posted 06-27-2008 04:21 PM
Yes and then there's the Careys, Carrys and even Caseys that match W W Cary convincingly. Also Bigelow and Olive Lary in Portland, Connecticut who can be mistaken for , and probably rightfully so, William W Cary's parents. IP: Logged |
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